PlasticFreeLand is a walk-through of what’s already possible. Created by A Plastic Planet, this physical showcase brings together pioneering brands, breakthrough materials and scalable innovations tha …

Ahead of Rethinking Materials 2026, we sat down with Kristin Schmidt, Strategy Assistant, Algorithms and Applications, and Safer Materials Advisor Lead at IBM Research, to explore how artificial intel …

Ahead of Rethinking Materials 2026, we sat down with Alice Rackley, Chief Executive of Polytag, to explore how smart packaging, embedded data and global standards can help bring much‑needed certainty …

Kraft Heinz has joined Polytag’s Ecotrace program to improve recyclability of packaging.

Ahead of the upcoming Rethinking Materials summit on April 28-29, experts from TNO, IBM, Intellegens and Alchemy Cloud shared how digital tools are not only accelerating discovery but reshaping the en …

Over 20 startups and scaleups. Two days. One summit where the world’s most exciting materials companies stop talking and start demonstrating what’s next.

The packaging industry is entering a decisive phase of transition. Rising Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) costs, volatile material markets, net-zero commitments, and tightening regulation are p …

The materials sector is undergoing a profound transformation as brands, regulators and consumers push for more sustainable, circular solutions. To understand how investment trends are shifting — and w …

Speaker Q&A: Dr Jen Vanderhoven, CEO,  Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) As climate change, resource scarcity and pollution intensify, the industrial bioeconomy is increasingly …

Rethinking Materials has crowned Kalpana as the winner of its global innovation challenge launched in partnership with Kraft Heinz.